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Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY

Django Unchained director Quentin Tarantino took some hard questioning about movie violence during an interview with National Public Radio's Terry Gross on Wednesday night.

The tense and often excruciatingly awkward exchange on the popular radio program Fresh Air left the director feeling "really annoyed." Tarantino seemed surprised when the genial conversation suddenly turned to the serious subject of putting violence in movies after the Newtown, Conn., school shooting last month.

"So, I just have to ask you," Gross said. "Is it any less fun after the massacre at Sandy Hook ...